α. 1500s–1600s 1800s– contemnable.
β. 1500s 1800s– contemnible.
contemnibleadj.
/kənˈtɛmnᵻbl/, U.S. /kənˈtɛmnəb(ə)l/ Deserving of contempt; contemptible; despicable.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [adjective] > contemptible
unworthc893
unwrastc893
littleOE
narrow-hearteda1200
wretcha1200
unworthya1240
wretchedc1250
un-i-wrastc1275
bad1276
lechera1300
feeblea1325
despisablea1340
villain1340
contemptiblec1384
lousyc1386
caitiff1393
brothelyc1400
roinousa1425
poor1425
sevenpennyc1475
nasty1477
peakish1519
filthy1533
despectuous1541
beggary1542
scald1542
shitten?1545
disdainfula1547
contemptuous1549
despicable1553
skit-brained?1553
contemniblea1555
vile1560
sluttish1561
queer1567
scornful1570
scallardc1575
tinkerly?1576
worthless1576
beggarly?1577
paltry1578
halfpenny1579
dog bolt1580
pitiful1582
sneaking1582
triobolar1585
wormisha1586
baddy1586
dudgeon1592
measled1596
packstaff1598
roguey1598
roguish1601
contemptful1608
grovelling1608
lightly1608
disdainable1611
purulent1611
snotty-nose1622
vilipendious1630
cittern-headed1638
wormy1640
pissabed1643
triobolary1644
disparageable1648
blue-bellied1652
unestimable1656
scullion1658
piteous1667
dirty1670
shabbed1674
shabby1679
snotty1681
snotty-nosed1682
mucky1683
bollocky1694
scoundrel1700
scaldeda1704
sneaking1703
ficulnean1716
unsolid1731
pitiable1753
scrubby1754
inimitable1798
scrubbish1798
worm-likea1807
small1824
lowlife1827
ketty1828
skunkish1831
yellow-bellied1833
scaly1843
cockroachya1845
wutless1853
nigger1859
trashy1862
low-down1872
cruddy1877
shitty1879
tinhorn1886
blithering1889
motherfucking1890
snidey1890
pilgarlicky1894
shitass1895
shoddy1918
yah boo1921
bitching1929
shit-faced1932
turdish1936
fricking1937
jerk-off1937
chickenshit1940
sheg-up1941
snot-nosed1941
jerky1944
mother-loving1948
scroungy1948
fecking1952
pissant1952
shit-kicking1953
shit-eating1956
bumboclaat1957
rassclaat1957
shit-headed1959
farkakte1960
shithouse1966
daggy1967
dipshit1968
scuzzy1969
bloodclaat1971
bitch ass1972
wanky1972
streelish1974
twatty1975
twattish1976
dweeby1988
douchey1991
wank1991
cockish1996
a1555 J. Bradford Two Notable Serm. (1574) sig. D.iij This is one of the differences betwene Gods law and mans lawe, that of this..I am not contemnable, so long as I obserue outwardli the same.
1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin iv. 239 Succours almost contemnible in so great daungers.
1642 Earnest Exhort. to True Ninivitish Repentance 17 Yet is he in Gods sight an unbeleever, a miserable and contemnable man.
1699 Compleat Mendicant ix. 92 Pride..seems to have still a great deal of the same Effect, nothing rendring a Man so inconsiderable, hateful, and contemnable.
1860 A. C. Swinburne Rosamond i. in Two Plays 165 I seem shameful to you, shameworthy, Contemnable of good women.
1893 Jewish Exponent (Philadelphia) 21 Apr. 4/1 Care should be taken that persons distribute the money who are above anything so contemnible.
2012 M. Kulikowski in S. F. Johnson Oxf. Handbk. Late Antiq. i. 46 The boundaries of legitimate alliance and illegitimate, contemnible behavior became impossible to separate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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